Christ III Back to lines 401 - 450
mid hu micle elne ęghwylc wille
žurh ealle list lifes tiligan,
feores forhtlice, forš ašolian,
1320 synrust žwean ond hine sylfne žrean,
455 ond žęt wom ęrran wunde hęlan,
žone lytlan fyrst že her lifes sy,
žęt he męge fore eagum eoršbuendra
unscomiende ešles mid monnum
1325 brucan bysmerleas, žendan bu somod
460 lic ond sawle lifgan mote.
1327 Nu we sceolon georne gleawlice žurhseon
usse hrežercofan heortan eagum,
innan uncyste. We mid žam ošrum ne magun,
1330 heafodgimmum, hygežonces ferš
465 eagum žurhwlitan ęnge žinga,
hwęžer him yfel že god under wunige,
žęt he on ža grimman tid gode licie,
žonne he ofer weoruda gehwylc wuldre scineš
1335 of his heahsetle hlutran lege.
470 žęr he fore englum ond fore elžeodum
to žam eadgestum ęrest męšleš,
ond him swęslice sibbe gehateš,
heofona heahcyning; halgan reorde
1340 frefreš he fęgre ond him friž beodeš,
475 hateš hy gesunde ond gesenade
on ežel faran engla dreames,
ond žęs to widan feore willum neotan:
1344 "Onfoš nu mid freondum mines fęder rice
1345 žęt eow węs ęr woruldum wynlice gearo,
480 blęd mid blissum, beorht ešles wlite,
hwonne ge ža lifwelan mid žam leofstum,
swase swegldreamas, geseon mosten.
Ge žęs earnedon ža ge earme men,
1350 woruldžearfende, willum onfengun
485 on mildum sefan. šonne hy him žurh minne noman
eašmode to eow arna będun,
žonne ge hyra hulpon ond him hleoš gefon,
hingrendum hlaf ond hręgl nacedum;
1355 ond ža že on sare seoce lagun,
490 ęfdon unsofte, adle gebundne,
to žam ge holdlice hyge staželadon
mid modes myne. Eall ge žęt me dydon,
šonne ge hy mid sibbum sohtun, ond hyra sefan trymedon
1360 forš on frofre. žęs ge fęgre sceolon
495 lean mid leofum lange brucan."
1362 Onginneš žonne to žam yflum ungelice
wordum męšlan že him biš on ža wynstran hond,
žurh egsan žrea, alwalda god.
1365 Ne žurfon hi žonne to meotude miltse gewenan,
500 lifes ne lissa, ac žęr lean cumaš
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